Beginners Japanese Thread!

[Kuroneko]

Originally Posted by Tenchu

Hm, maybe someone who speaks Japanese as a first language can tell me. These are names, do they have any real meaning, or are they just words with Japanese sounds?

Akire
Akime
Nadashi

Anyone know?

Well there no words i know But it could range from any number of things. Unless you have some Kanji or if you write it in a way that its understandable (Like a sentence) Its not really much of any thing. But i don't speak 100% fluently so yeah your guess is as much as mine

All though akime could mean open eye But I'm not sure.

[CrimsonNataku]

Originally Posted by Tenchu

It is Japanese.

A-ki-me
Na-da-shi
A-ki-re

Is all good, right?

Just because it sounds Japanese doesn't mean it is Japanese.

Japanese names always have a meaning, when parents give their children names they put a lot of thought into what name they should choose based on its meaning.

From what I can tell, unless you can provide the kanji, these are just names some person made up and passed off as Japanese because they sounded like they were from the language.

[Kuroneko]

Originally Posted by CrimsonNataku

It was only an example, I didn't mean anything by it ^_^

No problem d(^.^d) I should just be glad that some one helping me learn some more Japanese. (Even though some of my mistakes were simple ones)-_-;

[Kuroneko]

Originally Posted by Tenchu

Akime is proper... I am sure...

i know some proper(s) It all depends on what your saying like correct, tadashii, or it fits properly (cloths I believe) tekitou, or You must do it proplerly, (chanto)

Theres probably some more I don't know.

[lorelly]

This thread is so cool =)

I'm just starting to learn Nihongo and I don't know much except:

Konnichiwa
Watashi wa Lorelly desu, hajimemashite.
Watashi wa (canada)-jin desu, anata wa.

I don't know how to say canada lol =P
My first language is french and I've learned english and spanish at school, and I'm so into language learning learning lol! I took a year of chinese, and now i'm learning japanese and arabic by myself.
I stumbled on this forum an hour ago =P , and I found great that people can talk and learn at the same time. Keep up the good work!

[Kuroneko]

Originally Posted by lorelly

This thread is so cool =)

I'm just starting to learn Nihongo and I don't know much except:

Konnichiwa
Watashi wa Lorelly desu, hajimemashite.
Watashi wa (canada)-jin desu, anata wa.

I don't know how to say canada lol =P
My first language is french and I've learned english and spanish at school, and I'm so into language learning learning lol! I took a year of chinese, and now i'm learning japanese and arabic by myself.
I stumbled on this forum an hour ago =P , and I found great that people can talk and learn at the same time. Keep up the good work!

Kanada = Canada (its the same)

[lorelly]

oh lol thank you.. I thought so.. but wasn't sure =)

and i have a question... What is the use of "no" .. I saw that a lot and i'm guessing it's not a noun or verb but I don't understand what it is .

[Kuroneko]

Originally Posted by lorelly

oh lol thank you.. I thought so.. but wasn't sure =)

and i have a question... What is the use of "no" .. I saw that a lot and i'm guessing it's not a noun or verb but I don't understand what it is .

Any time

[CrimsonNataku]

Originally Posted by lorelly

oh lol thank you.. I thought so.. but wasn't sure =)

and i have a question... What is the use of "no" .. I saw that a lot and i'm guessing it's not a noun or verb but I don't understand what it is .

"no" is a particle. It is often used either to indicate possession (i.e. Watashi no namae - My name) or to modify a noun with another noun (i.e. Nihon no rekishi - Japanese History).

Does that help?

[Kiger]

I am learning katakana right now because I like it the most and I hate kanji.
It looks like Chinese 'cause it was before. Too difficult for me.
Hiragana looks pretty cool too. ^^

Anyway here are some.

ワタシ　ワ　カイガ　（デス）
watashi wa kaiga (desu)
I am kaiga.

モシ　モシMoshi moshi
Hello.

コンニチワ
Konnichiwa
Good afternoon/hello

ジャア　ネ
Jaa ne
See you